There are two systems I've adopted totally which have really simplified my life.One deals with housework. I've been using it for about two years now and running the house has never been easier.I foundFly Lady through the unlikely route of Leo Babauta's blog Zen Habits. (Babauta took the principles of Fly Lady and made them cool, sophisticated and appealing to men as well as women....)The Fly Lady site is complex, a bit fussy and old fashioned, and brilliant -all you really need to do each day is go to 'Launch Pad' then 'Flight Plan' and do what she says.That's it. Simple.in another post, my other favourite system....

I love both these sites - I was first introduced to the pre-fly lady in book form 'Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise' by Pam Young and Peggy Jones in the 80's. I found it on a bookstall at a local fete and it transformed the way I looked at doing housework as well as giving me a delightfully funny read about their chaotic lives which sounded much like my own. Marla was an original SHE as they were called and went on to create the website Flylady.
My new focus on one goal at a time is the result of the book by Leo Babauta - The Power of One.

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Freda

17/1/2014 04:52:13 am

What fun that you like both these sites too Viv. Someone gave me Babauta's 'Power of Less' which inspires me. I see that Gretchen Rubin is writing a book on habits too....I wish I'd found them years ago!

Ooh, Viv, you're an even older Flybaby than I!! I was in the first 1000 way back and her systems saved my life :) (really!)
However, I was recently disappointed to see how her website has evolved - despite her success it's really very difficult and complicated to manoeuvre, isn't it?! Also, for years she said she'd close the site before she accepted ads and lo and behold, there are now ads.. :(
Still, I will be eternally grateful to Marla!!
I always find Leo's articles extremely interesting, if a little more extreme than I am willing to go.

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Freda

18/1/2014 02:29:13 am

I like that Leo's site has no ads and is beautifully minimal, but is spite of the ads there's a huge amount of free information on Fly Lady for which I too am grateful!